"Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life," 1991
THF278631 / "Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life," 1991 / front cover
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Artifact Overview
Although Harlem Renaissance writers Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston wrote Mule Bone in 1930 and 1931, the play was not produced until 1991, decades after their deaths. Hughes and Hurston were friends and respected colleagues when they began the project, but the two fell out during the writing process due to an authorship dispute.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Book
Date Made
1991
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2020.0.1.7
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Bookbinding (Process)
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 5.25 in
Length: 0.75 in
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articleA Bone to Pick with the Writing and Fallout of Mule Bone
The play Mule Bone was the brainchild of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, two literary giants of the Harlem Renaissance. They sought to bring authentic Black stories to the American theatre through this collaborative piece. Instead, the projec